2 Attachment(s)
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
I took the liberty of modifying your scripts so one can do the same thing for installing Thunderbird 1.5 :)
The actual process is just slightly different, the differences are that the old Thunderbird uses ~/.mozilla-thunderbird while the new one uses ~/.thunderbird. This script will create a symlink, ~/.thunderbird, pointing to ~/.mozilla-thunderbird. Also, only one symlink is created in /usr/bin (mozilla-thunderbird). There's also some symlinking being done just within the thunderbird directory to fix the differences in filenames in Ubuntu (where it's named mozilla-thunderbird) and vanilla Thunderbird (where it's just named thunderbird).
Some things that you might want to consider for the firefox-scripts as well:
When testing my scripts, when restoring the old version, I got a lot of questions wether I wanted to remove the read-only files in ~/.mozilla-thundrbird when removing it - especially the extensions tended to be read-only. In my script, the removal of directories is therefore performed using "rm -rf" instead of just "rm -r" so you won't get any such questions. It may be that these files aren't normally read-only though, but they were in my case.
In addition, the verbose-switch to tar creates massive output due to all the filenames, so many messages from the script will get "lost" in the spam. My script therefore does not use -v when unpacking the archive.
Anyway, it works, so enjoy :)
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
It worked great for me. Thank you!
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ensnared
I
Some things that you might want to consider for the firefox-scripts as well:
When testing my scripts, when restoring the old version, I got a lot of questions wether I wanted to remove the read-only files in ~/.mozilla-thundrbird when removing it - especially the extensions tended to be read-only. In my script, the removal of directories is therefore performed using "rm -rf" instead of just "rm -r" so you won't get any such questions. It may be that these files aren't normally read-only though, but they were in my case.
I've made this change in the remove script. Thanks for the note about it.
Quote:
In addition, the verbose-switch to tar creates massive output due to all the filenames, so many messages from the script will get "lost" in the spam. My script therefore does not use -v when unpacking the archive.
I'm going to keep verbose in. I think it's good for people to be able to see what's happening, even if they don't actually do much to make it happen.
Quote:
Originally Posted by vol_freak
It worked great for me. Thank you!
That's good to hear. I'm no programmer, so I want to know that it works on more than just my machine.
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
Just a few questions, I myself installed Mozilla firefox in it's previous location ie /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox.
I did this by moving /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7
extracted the tar.gz file to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1 and creating a symbolic link, this way if I encountered a problem I could easily downgrade back to mozilla firefox with just a quick sym link replacement.
Why did you choose to install it in the /opt directory, it seems that that might indeed create more trouble than simply dropping the new version of in the 'same' location.
Kevin
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
I actually prefer /usr/local/bin, but I was basing this script mainly off the Wiki, which chose to put it in the /opt directory. I don't see how this "create[s] more toruble" exactly. Could you explain what you mean?
You can really put it wherever you want.
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
Thank you aysiu and Ensnared these scripts, worked flawlessly, as a complete newbie they are much appreciated. Cheers . S
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
Hey!
I installed firefox 1.5 with automatix, and the extensions doesn't seem to work with this version (adblock for instance). Is it the price to pay for the new/unstable firefox under Breezy or have I pushed the wrong lever again?
Thanx
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
Quote:
Originally Posted by TmP
Hey!
I installed firefox 1.5 with automatix, and the extensions doesn't seem to work with this version (adblock for instance). Is it the price to pay for the new/unstable firefox under Breezy or have I pushed the wrong lever again?
Thanx
You might want to repost the question in the Automatix sub forum for direct help with your problem. It is a little out of place here in this thread.
Re: HowTo: A script to install Firefox 1.5.0.1
awww, magic. It even links automatically with the menu icon automatically.
couldn't figure that bit our for myself last time when I tried to upgrade from source.
thanks again aysiu and I hope Dapper is coming along nicely.